What are the printing processes for T-shirts? What are the printing processes for T-shirts?

1, water slurry printing process: This is the oldest printing process, and water slurry is somewhat similar to the pigments we usually use for painting. The brushing technique is also well understood, and the water slurry is printed on the clothes through the hollow grid on the printing plate pattern. Where there is no pattern, there is no hollowing out. The disadvantage of water slurry printing process is that only one color can be printed at a time, and a pattern needs to be printed once. However, the marginal cost of water slurry printing is relatively low and the air permeability is good.

2, ink printing process: ink printing process is also called thermosetting ink printing, using chemical ink as pigment, under the action of high temperature, let the ink solidify on the fabric. Ink printing technology also needs to make printing plates, but compared with water slurry, ink printing technology has poor air permeability, and it will be easier to fall off when used on chemical fiber clothes. However, T-shirts and Polo shirts can reduce the possibility of falling off by using this printing process.

3, hot stamping process: hot stamping process is also called thermal transfer process. This printing technique uses transfer paper as the pigment. The printing process is to print the pattern on the paper printed by thermal transfer, and then transfer the pattern on the thermal transfer paper to the clothes through high temperature and high pressure. At present, this method is the preferred printing method for small-batch T-shirts and other clothing customization, and the printing process of hot stamping does not require mold opening, which simplifies the printing process.